He possessed the logic of all good intentions and a knowledge of all the tricks of his trade, and yet he never succeeded at anything, because he believed too much in the impossible. Surprising? Why so? He was forever in the act of conceiving it!
Charles BaudelaireThe insatiable thirst for everything that lies beyond, and that life reveals, is the most living proof of our immortality.
Charles BaudelaireIt is at despair at not being able to be noble and beautiful by natural means that we have made up our faces so strangely.
Charles BaudelaireTo be away from home and yet to feel oneself everywhere at home; to see the world, to be at the centre of the world, and yet to remain hidden from the worldโimpartial natures which the tongue can but clumsily define. The spectator is a prince who everywhere rejoices in his incognito.
Charles Baudelaire